cliquishness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cliquishness
Noun
  • Genuine emotional depth requires safety, mutuality and accountability.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025
  • By shedding outdated stories about what love should look like and writing new ones rooted in mutuality, safety and joy.
    Ximena Araya-Fischel, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
Noun
  • Kate Hudson and Mindy Kaling’s friendship began in classic Hollywood fashion: while being snubbed at an Oscar party.
    Kara Warner, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2025
  • Here’s to the end of a wild ride—and the beginning of friendships and lessons that will last a lifetime.
    Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 27 May 2025
Noun
  • His finest strengths are personality and cordiality, and both were amplified on the stage.
    Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2025
  • As the president expresses agitation toward district judges who block his policies nationwide, Trump so far has maintained more cordiality with Roberts, refusing to attack him personally.
    Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 23 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Instead, Starr would be my roving ambassador of joy and amity in an America that felt starved of such things.
    Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2025
  • As part of this distancing, Seoul promotes a narrative (as seen in its recent monuments and museums) that emphasizes Japan’s wartime violence and highlights Korean amity with China.
    Jennifer Lind, Foreign Affairs, 5 Mar. 2015
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“Cliquishness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cliquishness. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

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